Politicians say UK’s tax policy drove BP to abandon West of Shetland assets in favour of ‘drilling deals with ...

BP is to sell-off the Clair oil field. Photo: Grahame C AndersonPoliticians have blamed BP’s departure from the West of Shetland in favour of more lucrative deals in South America on the UK’s oil and gas taxation policy. The energy giant announced it would …

Creole gymnast Jimena Domínguez is ranked among the three best gymnasts in South America

Published at: 17/08/2026 06:52 PM The highest authority of the National Agricultural Confederation (CONFEAGRO), Pablo Alvarado, stressed that, so far, producers have more than 2,300 hectares of sorghum planted in the state of Guárico and plan to …

In South America, Chinese EVs are racing ahead

Pivot! Pivot! Trump’s Asia Policy Is Giving America’s Friends Whiplash

President Donald Trump has given skeptics of his Indo-Pacific policy more ammunition to pronounce dead the U.S. pivot to Asia, this time by calling war games with ally South Korea "inappropriate and hostile" to the North and its strongman leader …

Wall Street Journal Warns Donald Trump’s ‘Appeasement’ Sends Ominous Signal About America

LOADINGERROR LOADING The Wall Street Journal has accused Donald Trump of an “act of appeasement” toward North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, following the president’s controversial order to scale back joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises in the region. …

Giant Crocodiles Once Preyed on Massive Mammals in South America

Paleontologists have uncovered the first direct physical evidence that colossal prehistoric crocodiles hunted large plant-eating mammals in what is now Colombia roughly 12 million years ago. Reconstruction of the faunal assemblage of La Venta, showing the …

International arbitration of Latin America’s oil and gas disputes: beyond state showdowns to commercial conflict 

Introduction The story of international arbitration in the Latin American oil and gas industry has typically been told through its most visible cases: expropriations, treaty claims and billion-dollar awards against states. These investor–state cases are …

Kim’s Respect, America’s Hormuz & India’s Voter ID: The Great Trump Ramblings

Donald Trump went around the world without leaving Washington. North Korea earned praise. South Korea received a bill. Iran was ordered to surrender. Oman was threatened. The Strait of Hormuz was nearly annexed. And India’s election system was recruited to …

U.S.-South Korea spat follows tensions over Seoul’s drift towards China, trade deal speedbumps

President Donald Trump’s decision to scale back participation in military exercises with South Korea did not come out of the blue, but rather follows his frustration about Seoul failing to follow through on investment promises and refusing to assist …

I Found America's Creepiest Sculpture Park on My Way to Montana

Next time you're planning a cross-country road trip, make the drive part of the journey and plan stops along the way to see some of America you'll miss when you fly over it. A Strange Stop on Way to Montana You can plan visits to strange …